(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order approves amendments made by the General Medical Council to the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004. These amendments provide for the consensual disposal of fitness to practise cases in circumstances where a medical practitioner who is the subject of fitness to practise proceedings agrees undertakings as regards his or her future conduct. Provision is also made for the monitoring of compliance with such undertakings and for the referral of the case for further consideration, where necessary.